Marble Molly Mating

Any molly fish can breed with another breed of molly.

Marble molly mating.

A female sailfin molly fish will give birth to 10 to 140 live young molly fish but not at the same time. Just like the sailfin molly the lyretail stands out because of its fins but this time it s the caudal fin. This variety is bred in lots of different colors and patterns. This makes for a crazy successful breeding platform.

The aquarium should be planted densely as possible or have a thick algae mat. If you plan on raising the molly babies to adulthood then you will have to choose from a couple of options to prevent the female molly from eating the newly born fry. Any female can hookup with any male. Female sailfin molly fish are larger than her male counterpart and just like their cousins they do not lay eggs.

One of the many options for keeping the fry safe from adults is to keep a breeding box in your fish tank. Dalmatian lyretail mollies breeding. They start to actually begin to mate at 0 39. Being livebearers they do give live birth to their babies.

Having a group of floating plants in the corner of your aquarium will promote rearing outside of the breeding tank. The marble lyretail molly is a livebearer that requires a spawning box in a 25 gallon or larger breeding tank. It s most distinctive feature is the large dorsal fin which is taller and runs from behind the head to just before the caudal fin.